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in a new delhi suburb, science of how slow change may be. the authorities and their attitudes -- signs of how slow change may be. another woman was found dead after a suspected gang rape. she was going home from her job at a factory. when her father reported her missing, police did not listen. >> they were rude and said she had probably gone off with a man. do not worry, she will come back. >> another family grieving now. many ask if things will really change it when the ander dies down -- anger dies down. >> there is a heavy police presence in belfast after violent protests involving children as young as 10. the disturbance was sparked by the decision to limit the number of days the union flag flies over city hall. dozens of police officers have been injured. our correspondent has sent us the latest. >> the main route through east belfast looks like a battleground. pilots for the fifth consecutive night. -- riots for the fifth consecutive night. the protest target five weeks ago. there is no end in sight. political leaders are well aware of
in a new delhi suburb, science of how slow change may be. the authorities and their attitudes -- signs of how slow change may be. another woman was found dead after a suspected gang rape. she was going home from her job at a factory. when her father reported her missing, police did not listen. >> they were rude and said she had probably gone off with a man. do not worry, she will come back. >> another family grieving now. many ask if things will really change it when the ander dies...
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science fiction is actually my best guide, because i think we are... in that time frame, going to be in a very weird, very different place. >> kroft: it brings to mind stanley kubrick's "2001: a space odyssey" and the rebellious computer robot, hal. technologically speaking, we are just about there. >> open the pod bay doors, hal. >> hal: i'm sorry, dave. this mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. >> kroft: everyone agrees that it's impossible now to short- circuit technology. it has a life of its own, and the world is all in, for better or for worse. >> hal: stop, dave. >> kroft: we wanted to leave you on this positive note. >> brynjolfsson: one thing that andy and i agree on is that we're not super worried about robots becoming self aware and challenging our authority. that part of science fiction, i think, is not very likely to happen. >> cbs money watch update sponsored by: >> good evening. oracle says the government warned of a serious hacking risk. the u.s. treasury will not mint a trillion dollar coin to avoid the debt c
science fiction is actually my best guide, because i think we are... in that time frame, going to be in a very weird, very different place. >> kroft: it brings to mind stanley kubrick's "2001: a space odyssey" and the rebellious computer robot, hal. technologically speaking, we are just about there. >> open the pod bay doors, hal. >> hal: i'm sorry, dave. this mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. >> kroft: everyone agrees that it's...
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i was at stanford this morning where the biggest life sciences employer in boston, we have a strong hub in china and in europe. and we are really trying to develop a collaborative open innovative concept. what we put in has to have a strong proof of concept. on vaccines, on drugs that have a clear benefit over existing therapies. because the bar just gets higher and higher from reimbursement authorities every year. >> sure. and does that include transactions -- more transactions in terms of mna? you know, some of your growth has come through acquisitions. going forward in the next three years, does that growth continue to come through acquisitions or organic? >> i think it's going to be more organic. i'll tell you. in our industry, everybody's got a lot of cash. everybody is interested in growing inorganically. it's tough to find deals that have value. because sanofi now grows we have less than 3% subject to small molecule patents expiring. so we can afford to grow our business and focus on the quality of the silence. i think actually our own new products are going to be the biggest dri
i was at stanford this morning where the biggest life sciences employer in boston, we have a strong hub in china and in europe. and we are really trying to develop a collaborative open innovative concept. what we put in has to have a strong proof of concept. on vaccines, on drugs that have a clear benefit over existing therapies. because the bar just gets higher and higher from reimbursement authorities every year. >> sure. and does that include transactions -- more transactions in terms...
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about other forms where democracy plays a role, education, the empowerment of women, the bringing of science and technology. you're a world bank guy. you went to harvard and did a special the insight technology. so here we are, this tremendous knowledge in these fields. well, we talk about how they democracies, how do you see that from not only education, at full ride scholarships? that's ours but there are others whether it's french, canadians, the brits. so there are other ways for education, the empowerment of women and racial status inclusion, the international or american bar society helping with institutions. what do you think about that? or is it such that unless you're big much to that unless you big muscular defense, big muscular foreign aid, og, america is trying to toy with income and so is the west. i don't think america will ever be when be in anything, but i'm more of an additional school of thought. what do you think? >> thank you spent what would help colombia and help colombia in what would have latin america? >> thank you. certainly i can tell that the u.s. support and to s
about other forms where democracy plays a role, education, the empowerment of women, the bringing of science and technology. you're a world bank guy. you went to harvard and did a special the insight technology. so here we are, this tremendous knowledge in these fields. well, we talk about how they democracies, how do you see that from not only education, at full ride scholarships? that's ours but there are others whether it's french, canadians, the brits. so there are other ways for education,...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. with the spark cash card from capital one, sven gets great rewards for his small business! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses deserve great rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? here's your invoice. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning. take a look at some of the stocks on the move in this morning's trading. apple shares are under pressure this morning on reports that it's cutting its orders for iphone 5 lcd screens nearly in half. at one point this morning, shares dipped below $500 in premarket trading. ubs says the report appears to be old news reported last month. apple h
straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. with the spark cash card from capital one, sven gets great rewards for his small business! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses...
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it's the sciences building. they don't know how many rounds were shot but two to four from a .12-gauge shotgun. the student missed halfway through the first period and showed up and started firing. the reason why there weren't more fatalities -- excuse me. more injuries. there are 28 student in this classroom. a teacher and counselor were able to convince the student not to hurt anyone else. >> thank goodness for those two. kyung lah, thank you. we will be right back. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activated lift gate. but that's not all you'll see, cause c-max also beats prius v, with better mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. >>> tech junkies from all over the world have descended upon vegas this week. they are there for an up-close look at the annual convention. mario armstrong is there, too. >> reporter: over 150,000 people from 110 different countries,
it's the sciences building. they don't know how many rounds were shot but two to four from a .12-gauge shotgun. the student missed halfway through the first period and showed up and started firing. the reason why there weren't more fatalities -- excuse me. more injuries. there are 28 student in this classroom. a teacher and counselor were able to convince the student not to hurt anyone else. >> thank goodness for those two. kyung lah, thank you. we will be right back. meet the 5-passenger...
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>> what greg has just described is what when i went to graduate school in political science 40 years ago, that's how america makes policy p, it's called incrementalism. look at this deal at the end of last year which absolutely nobody loves and it's the farthest thing from a grand bargain, on the other hand, it takes a few billion dollars out of long-term debt. it's not enough. we'll come up with some other deals and it's nonsense for the president spokesman to say he's not going to compromise. that doesn't mean anything. we're going to see more of this bit and pieces. as you both said, the market and business continue to move along, look for ways to look money, look for opportunities and i think that's going to continue to be the story. don't wait for clarity. act on where there's money to be made now. >> i like, greg, what you wrote in an article for "the economist" recently. markets now live in the policy equivalent of beirut in 1982. what did you mean by that? >> what i'm trying to say is essentially we have the fiscal equivalent of civil war going on all of the time here in wash
>> what greg has just described is what when i went to graduate school in political science 40 years ago, that's how america makes policy p, it's called incrementalism. look at this deal at the end of last year which absolutely nobody loves and it's the farthest thing from a grand bargain, on the other hand, it takes a few billion dollars out of long-term debt. it's not enough. we'll come up with some other deals and it's nonsense for the president spokesman to say he's not going to...
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we have the answer in today's science thursday report. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: those tricky mounds of snow on well-traveled ski slopes? they actually move uphill over time as skiers move downhill, a study finds. watch a time-lapse video of the phenomenon our science page. the oil boom that has driven hordes of newcomers to western north dakota has been dubbed "the modern gold rush." independent producer todd melby -- with the support of public media partners-- tells the stories of those looking for opportunity there in the interactive documentary, "black gold boom." but, as we see in one story, opportunity is not all they find. >> you know, i would love to make, you know, a home here and put down roots but not with the boom going on. there is life out here for women and when girls come out here now they think it's flattering, like i did when i first got out here. and i very quickly reassure them that it's not and they need to be very careful because these guys will -- they'll take advantage of you. they will. they have
we have the answer in today's science thursday report. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: those tricky mounds of snow on well-traveled ski slopes? they actually move uphill over time as skiers move downhill, a study finds. watch a time-lapse video of the phenomenon our science page. the oil boom that has driven hordes of newcomers to western north dakota has been dubbed "the modern gold rush." independent producer todd melby -- with the support of public media partners--...
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british union flag only on designated occasions rather than year round jason walsh from the christian science monitor thinks there are deeper reasons for the unrest than a flag being taken down. this traditionally throughout its history in a predominantly protestant i don't you know city and the latest census results show that's not really the case set any longer it's not likely it's like a republican irish nationalists a majority or the fair the decision itself to fly the flag only on seventeen designated daisy or taken on december third. reflects this change and that seems to be what's troubling loyalists rather than the flag itself because in fact flying the flag day simply brings it into line with other british government and civic buildings. a natural catalyst for this code it's no easy thing getting immigration rights but russia is among the four nations that have that's according to the un and later we report on what it is that makes a country. you hopefuls. so the origins of the brotherhood's billions egypt's ruling islam is stand accused of taking some news from the u.s. government a
british union flag only on designated occasions rather than year round jason walsh from the christian science monitor thinks there are deeper reasons for the unrest than a flag being taken down. this traditionally throughout its history in a predominantly protestant i don't you know city and the latest census results show that's not really the case set any longer it's not likely it's like a republican irish nationalists a majority or the fair the decision itself to fly the flag only on...
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hank campbell is the founder of science 2.0 and cofounder of science left behind, feel-good fallacies in the rise of the anti-scientific left. let's talk about supposedly environmentally sound policies that ended up not being so. you say the first one is cash for clunkers. that was the government program designed to take bad fuel-inefficient cars off the streets and replace them with more environmentally-friendly car. but what ended up happening? >> that was the belief. it was always economically suspect, but we were told if we cared about the environment this was a good idea. but it turned out to be an incredibly bad idea. aside from a negligible quarter of a point difference in fuel efficiency that didn't help much in emissions, they turned out to have shredded all of the 690,000 cars turned in under this program. cars are incredibly recyclable. we can recycle almost 100 partly cloudy of them. we eliminated a lot of cars which had to be reproduced. incredibly a bad idea for the environment to get rid of these cars, shred the metal and sell it to china. >>alisyn: the government said
hank campbell is the founder of science 2.0 and cofounder of science left behind, feel-good fallacies in the rise of the anti-scientific left. let's talk about supposedly environmentally sound policies that ended up not being so. you say the first one is cash for clunkers. that was the government program designed to take bad fuel-inefficient cars off the streets and replace them with more environmentally-friendly car. but what ended up happening? >> that was the belief. it was always...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to the floor of the new york stock exchange and time for the friday edition of the closing countdown. wells fargo kicking off the big bank earnings today. earnings better than expected. loan growth though really concerned the street and then how much money the bank actually makes off of those
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as such but science can deal to put it simply only with fact, it cannot deal with values and human life is a mix of facts and values and so what i believe and what has been the compile ration of my life is trying to help my student see that we need vision to look at life in the world with the factual information that science gives us, but not do it through one eye only but then bring in the world of values and there the world's great religious traditions are what i have come to call the wisdom tradition of the human race but when we come to values, they are like the data banks and that's why i love my career, spending my career more in myself in the great even during perspectives of these religions rather than adding kohl's to new contacts will and dwelling on modern science. >> ago democrat yeah is certainly not the best for someone who has a religious interest. >> that is a fair statement. let's take you from the university of chicago where to next. >> a couple of years in colorado for teaching, you this ben the first long stint was at the washington university in st. louis, is 1 year
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the chinese academy of social sciences report on the development of the asia pacific region points out that china's rapid development is raising anxieties and surrounding nations forcing them into taking precautions and requiring them to accept their readjustment of the power balance and again this is exactly you have the currency wars preceding world war two and you also had a rise in power of germany and the us and the declining power was the united kingdom and they had to throw their their glory or their empire i guess to one of the two when they chose the u.s. rather than germany or you make an excellent point hot war currency or work earns the war the us has benefited after world war two from this arrangement mightily but it looks like in this new global rearrangement of the currencies that the u.s. is holding the weakest hand so the u.s. dollar will probably be devalued the most and the yen and the u.k. pound against the chinese currency and of course that's where the war is it's the china japan or japan's a proxy for the u.s. and china is wants to revalue up but only if it can t
the chinese academy of social sciences report on the development of the asia pacific region points out that china's rapid development is raising anxieties and surrounding nations forcing them into taking precautions and requiring them to accept their readjustment of the power balance and again this is exactly you have the currency wars preceding world war two and you also had a rise in power of germany and the us and the declining power was the united kingdom and they had to throw their their...
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help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. it's just common sense. living with moderate to semeans living with pain.is it could also mean living with joint damage. help relieve the pain and stop the damage with humira, adalimumab. for many adults with moderate to severe ra, humira is clinically proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. so you can treat more than just the pain. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure have occurred. before starting humira, your doctor should test you for tb. ask your doctor if you live in or have been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. tell your doctor if you have had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections or have symptoms such as fever, fatigue, cough, or sores. you should not st
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> all right. welcome back to the floor of the new york stock exchange. time now for the closing countdown as we approach the close. pretty good day on wall street. schactman and i were just talking about this herbalife story. stock down 2%. ceo speaking on cnbc exclusively right there and that's where the stock fell. an interesting story we continue to follow. tiffany really set the tone early on for that stock. holiday sales at the low end of expectations. outlook disappointing as well raising questions about what the high-end retailers are doing. a number to watch. stock down nearly 5 has. apple, tim cook meeting with china mobile. is he going to do that deal in the market would certainly love it if he did and amazon named deutsche bank's favorite large-cap e-commerce name.
straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> all right. welcome back to the floor of the new york stock exchange. time now for the closing countdown as we approach the close. pretty good day on wall street. schactman and i were just talking about this herbalife story. stock down 2%. ceo speaking on cnbc exclusively right there and that's where the stock fell. an interesting...
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help guide him, nd he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. melissa: here is your fox business brief. the united nations is downplaying fears of a global food crisis as drops drop for a third straight month in december. according to the food and agriculture organization food prices were down 7% last year from the year before. the agency also warning bad weather could spark a repeat of the rioting and unrest that hit parts developing world in 2007 and 2008. >>> shares of supervalu are soaring after striking a deal to sell five grocery store chains to a consortium of investors led by cerberus capital management. the deal is worth $3.3 billion. >>> amazon looking to take a bite out of amazon's itunes. they are launching auto rip, a service that gives customers free mp3s of the cds they purchased through their cloud player library. very cool. that's latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. lori: and the cabinet turnover continues. we're awaiting the president. you're lookin
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it's already taking applications for master's degrees in information technology, instructional science and technology and management. you can sign up or get more information by going to cal state online.net. >> just about an hour from right now a campus protest planned by angry students, teachers and staff members at city college of san francisco will begin. they are angry about the administration's response to the crisis that may force the college to close. this week city college asked for an extension much of the deadline. the board has warn fire department the school fails to show improvement it may be shut down. >>> that exotic pet found guarding a marijuana stash has died. his name was mr. teeth and you can see why. a 16 year old caimen. it was found next to $100,000 worth of pot. mr. teeth was in critical condition when it was taken to the oakland zoo. it died several hours later. meantime the owner of the animal was in court yesterday on drug charges. he also faced animal abuse charges. >> response times will increase by about four minutes or by about a minute when four stations
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we have tremendous science-based products that are very high in health and safety and efficacy and we've got a tremendous business opportunity and we're proud of where we are today and confident about our future. >> okay, des, let's talk about the pyramid scheme thesis for a second. first, of your distributors, every year, new distributors join the forces of herbalife, and invariably the argument is made that a large majority of those distributors at the end of year one don't become the millionaires or even making $100,000 or $50,000 or $10,000 that they see in the ads but ultimately that they lose money. pis that true? >> absolutely not. here's one of the fallacies we're hearing from pershing square. what the research shows is the majority of our distributors become distributors because of their affinity with the product and they want to receive a discount. so essentially they're almost like members, club members just like in costco. that's the reality. most of the distributors come for that product discount. of those distributors who come for business opportunity, absolutely they make
we have tremendous science-based products that are very high in health and safety and efficacy and we've got a tremendous business opportunity and we're proud of where we are today and confident about our future. >> okay, des, let's talk about the pyramid scheme thesis for a second. first, of your distributors, every year, new distributors join the forces of herbalife, and invariably the argument is made that a large majority of those distributors at the end of year one don't become the...
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so it does not crowd out the investments we need to make in people and education and job training in science and medical research, all the things that help us grow. step-by-step we have made progress towards that goal. over the past two years i have signed into law 1.4 trillion dollars in spending cuts. two weeks ago i signed more than $600 billion in new revenue by making sure the wealthiest americans began to pay their fair share. when you add the money we will save an interest payments on debts, altogether that adds up to a total of 2.5 trillion dollars in deficit reduction over the past three years. not counting the $400 billion already saved from winding down the wars in iraq and get a stand. so we've made progress. we're moving towards the old vic gold of getting toward the four trillion dollar reduction. there will be more deficit reduction would congress decides about what to do and one. true -- 1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts that have been pushed off until next month. the fact is, we cannot finish the job of that is the reduction through spending cuts alone. the cuts we hav
so it does not crowd out the investments we need to make in people and education and job training in science and medical research, all the things that help us grow. step-by-step we have made progress towards that goal. over the past two years i have signed into law 1.4 trillion dollars in spending cuts. two weeks ago i signed more than $600 billion in new revenue by making sure the wealthiest americans began to pay their fair share. when you add the money we will save an interest payments on...
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manageable so it doesn't crowd out the investments we need to make in people and education and job training, science medical research, all the things that help us grow. now, step by step we've made progress toward that goal. over the past two years, i've signed into law about $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. two weeks ago, i signed in a law more than $600 billion in new revenue by making sure the wealthiest americans begin to pay their fair share. when you add the money that we'll save in interest payments on the debt, altogether that adds up to a total of about $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction over the past two years, not counting the $400 billion already saved from winding down the wars in iraq and afghanistan. so we've made progress. we are moving towards our ultimate goal of getting to a $4 trillion reduction. and there will be more deficit reduction when congress decides what to do about the $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts that have been pushed off until next month. the fact is though we can't finish the job of deficit reduction through spending cuts alone. the cuts we've already made
manageable so it doesn't crowd out the investments we need to make in people and education and job training, science medical research, all the things that help us grow. now, step by step we've made progress toward that goal. over the past two years, i've signed into law about $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. two weeks ago, i signed in a law more than $600 billion in new revenue by making sure the wealthiest americans begin to pay their fair share. when you add the money that we'll save in...
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or bench science. so we have a real problem in that, we have too often scrubbed the authorization process in favor of the appropriations process. i mean one of the great reforms around this place that would work would be to actually enforce the rules of the congress and say that you have to have an authorization in place before you can pass an appropriation because the fact is we need to have the stability of long-term set policy in order to do science well. and by abandoning authorization process too often, we have put the policy decisions in the hands of the appropriators and they have a one-year horizon, one year horizons do not work in science. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> if i might i would mention one other because there is good precedent for this in terms of some defense programs. the industry would like to see more use of multiyear in terms of complex development programs. but when you look at those in the dod arena you do see it has been an excellent force for holding down costs and having t
or bench science. so we have a real problem in that, we have too often scrubbed the authorization process in favor of the appropriations process. i mean one of the great reforms around this place that would work would be to actually enforce the rules of the congress and say that you have to have an authorization in place before you can pass an appropriation because the fact is we need to have the stability of long-term set policy in order to do science well. and by abandoning authorization...
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and that doesn't just mean skills like math and science although we are now lagging behind 30, 40 other countries in the world in that regard. it also means skills that are associated with creativity and innovation. because our edge as a country comes in the area where we can use our creativity, but we also protect creativity in a way that places like china and others don't and in a content-driven world, a software-driven world, that combination of creative people and a system that promotes and creates and protects creativity is probably our real ace in the hole. >> host: david rothkopf, let's take bob's comment and tie that to your previous book, "superclass." you've mentioned now a couple times that we're creating this class of people way up here, and everybody else is being left behind, in a sense. >> guest: well, the gaps are growing between the richest 1% and, actually, the richest .0001%. and the rest of us. they have benefited more than anybody else in the course of the past ten years. most of the gains that have come, like 90% of the gains that have come from the last expansion
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the science area is where we have to stay focused. whoever the president would like to serve in his discretion, obviously, that's his call. i don't want to judge where he's going on what motivated him to make that decision, but, clearly, anyone who fills the roles, we would seek to have a good relationship to base policy development in sound science and to pursue the mutual interests that we can find, the commonground we can find in the policy development. as i mentioned to one of the earlier questions today, we had a good dialogue over the past couple months, and we have areas that we disagree on. we represent a broader industry that sometimes sees the world differently than perhaps a regulator might. we support robust regulation, but we believe regulation should be thoughtful, and it should be based in science, and that's what drives our conversation in dealing with the regulators. we welcome the opportunity to work with whoever the president may nominate, whoever the president can get confirmed in those capacities, and i'll look fo
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i worked in history, political science, historical sociology and constitutional law. i was interested in all of the these subjects and so i published people like. tribe as well as great historians over the years and i once published seven authors out of the yale political science department in one year. yale almost had a fit. c-span: how about the harvard people? >> guest: the harvard people said, what's going on? [laughter] c-span: let me go back to this book. one of the things that i wrote down was that harry truman according to your book had a psychosomatic illness. what does that mean? >> guest: harry truman was able to cope with being part of a this political machine that was corrupt and sometimes violent because his ethics that he got from his mother were very high and he had to do favors for the machine, which meant voting contracts, giving $10,000 whenever the boss asked forward from time to time, not always. the only way he could cope with himself was by being a divided self. he was in his own eyes and ethical man and he was always a poor man because he never
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of proposals stuff that nobody reads jackson a professor at harvard wrote an article for "christian science monitor." this was proposed doing this with federal funds and i wrote an article march 2010 suggesting treasury could use the tarpaulins enact as a homeowner loan corporation had done. but not for profit the americans securitization was not for that either. >> i am not opposed to the concept of the eminent domain for those who are current but the priority is those who experience financial distress then there are other test to be put into place before there is a vote of yes or no to keep the mortgage current chief force the homeowner to go into default before they wrecked their credit score and cannot buy clothes, food , , etc., etc.. there are parameters that is not just a cut off i am not paying today or yesterday. >> just to major people have the fact i make no apologies mrp is for-profit sometimes that is how problems are solved. second, we're not april of capital we charge a fee, $4,500 if we successfully help them keep the homeowner in the home. where it may get that number? it t
of proposals stuff that nobody reads jackson a professor at harvard wrote an article for "christian science monitor." this was proposed doing this with federal funds and i wrote an article march 2010 suggesting treasury could use the tarpaulins enact as a homeowner loan corporation had done. but not for profit the americans securitization was not for that either. >> i am not opposed to the concept of the eminent domain for those who are current but the priority is those who...
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his numerous books gardner critical success including the wilson award for the best book of political science and a key facilitator of a workshop that some effect percent of all professors in the nation have attended. also with a great deal of experience in the policy field and a former staff member working on the national security council and advisory panel for the cia director and part of a task force from a report entitled the new u.s. defense strategies for a new era. as a scholar at the american enterprise institute has three decades of public service to higher education as dean of johns hopkins in the state department of planning and the secretary of state just up to the secretary of defense. i will pose a question to kickoff the conversation. the first question is what have been done in new york -- new year's eve a day? what are the key strategic questions? >> and thank you for being here. we just heard bob hale struggling with the process but for that budgetary operations but that at the moment and then in the 11th year but the pentagon does not have a lot of opposition. we don't know
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in political science from the university of california at san diego. he was part of a team of pew analyst who correctly, correctly predicted the outcome of the popular vote in this year's presidential election between romney and president obama. today he will give us an overview of the events and values that shaped the 2012 election while giving us an inside look at the challenges and the choices, public opinion researchers face in pre-election polls. so please join me in welcoming dr. michael dimock to the policy center. [applause] .. >> as well as what i think the exit polls ultimately showed us about voters on election day. and then turn it open to a little more of a discussion, question and answer that can include some questions about polling as a process, how things are going, how changes are happening in the industry, in the field and what that means for public opinion moving forward. the way i often think about the election or the way we think about the election polling we do going into the cycle is to try to formulate what the key questions tha
in political science from the university of california at san diego. he was part of a team of pew analyst who correctly, correctly predicted the outcome of the popular vote in this year's presidential election between romney and president obama. today he will give us an overview of the events and values that shaped the 2012 election while giving us an inside look at the challenges and the choices, public opinion researchers face in pre-election polls. so please join me in welcoming dr. michael...
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what i haven't told you is how difficult it has been to conduct this science especially over the past 15 years since the cdc has effectively choked off funding. few private foundations have stood up in the breach with the notable exceptions of the joyce foundation and the burnett foundation to name just two. mayor bloomberg gave you a good idea of just ouch we're up against, and so -- just how much we're up against. what i will say is having studied the relationship between firearm violence, firearms and lethal violence for the past 20 years, i still think that we can make a difference. and moreover, we're obliged to act on what we already know, some of which i've talked about this morning. and in thinking about what we should do, i think it's fitting to acknowledge as mayor bloomberg mentioned that one month ago -- almost to the minute, in fact -- 20 little children and 6 of their teachers were slaughtered in newtown, connecticut. it would be a disservice to those people who died, i think, be in this forum -- if in this forum which is inspired by their memory and committed to reducin
what i haven't told you is how difficult it has been to conduct this science especially over the past 15 years since the cdc has effectively choked off funding. few private foundations have stood up in the breach with the notable exceptions of the joyce foundation and the burnett foundation to name just two. mayor bloomberg gave you a good idea of just ouch we're up against, and so -- just how much we're up against. what i will say is having studied the relationship between firearm violence,...
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. >> david grant, "christian science monitor." you -- the need to avoid punitive tax measures and lot of members are high effective rate payers in term of the corporate income tax. i was wondering if you could sort of talk about tax reform a little bit, whether you would be think it would be a good step toward to exchange the cost step for lower effective rates for energy producers. if you could say two words and two sentences what you expect out of tax reform, if anything in the coming year. >> great question. of course, it's very timely in the current dynamic as well. let me state from an industry stand point. our view is we should not be singled out for punitive tax treatment. there have been proposal where they identified in some instances more companies. that said we should change the tax code. it's punitive. it's not good policy at all. it's punitive designed to punish. we think the alternative approach is if we're going to have a corporate tax reform discussion, we're prepared to enter to that discussion, we'll be able the
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exact sciences. thank you very much, sir. >> thank you, jim. take care. >> all right. you see where you can go -- fiscal cliff, debt ceiling, how about guys like kevin doing amazing thing. exact sciences. if this comes true, in other words, the fda gives the permission, you can see how big this can be. i like this story. stay with cramer. >>> forgiveness raines! as we go to earnings season we have a new positive attitude. the notion that just because the stock instantly disappoints -- >> crying ]. >> doesn't mean you can write it off a couple of days later. take disney. try as i did to urge people ton sell disney after a weak quarter, maybe not, the stock did dip 10% when it reported. it's come back with a vengeance. in part because people are wise to how smart their acquisition of the "star wars" franchise was. in part because the ceo has a fascinating habit of addressing whatever weaknesses there are in the core enterprise. disney's been forgiven and will stay forgiven even as it got dinged on a st
exact sciences. thank you very much, sir. >> thank you, jim. take care. >> all right. you see where you can go -- fiscal cliff, debt ceiling, how about guys like kevin doing amazing thing. exact sciences. if this comes true, in other words, the fda gives the permission, you can see how big this can be. i like this story. stay with cramer. >>> forgiveness raines! as we go to earnings season we have a new positive attitude. the notion that just because the stock instantly...
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during school time i like learning math and science, because my teacher uses chinese to explain. if the teachers didn't teach my cousins and my sisters and me how to speak chinese, we wouldn't be able to speak in restaurants. once again, thank you. [applause] [speaking foreign language] >> good evening, everyone, i am winnie chi, i am the body president of alice fong yu, this is like a second home to me. the teachers and my friends support me and they make me feel special. and also staff members and teachers guarantee that we have a safe environment to learn. and they make us feel comfortable and safe to share our feelings. i enjoy math and science, because the teachers teach us in chinese. and they teach us step by step. i am proud to be a student at alice fong yu. thank you. [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> hello, everyone, i am maze. i a seventh grader at alice fong yu, and i am peer mediator. afy is an amazing school. the chinese i learned there has been helpful in so many situations. if not for me being able to speak chinese, i would not be able to communicate with
during school time i like learning math and science, because my teacher uses chinese to explain. if the teachers didn't teach my cousins and my sisters and me how to speak chinese, we wouldn't be able to speak in restaurants. once again, thank you. [applause] [speaking foreign language] >> good evening, everyone, i am winnie chi, i am the body president of alice fong yu, this is like a second home to me. the teachers and my friends support me and they make me feel special. and also staff...
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the hypocrisy of the world that we live in where we don't trust med sip and science to help us figure out what the answer should be. >> that's to go to a point you made earlier, a process to take years, if not decades to understand ramifications; right? we're at the very beginning of a very long road here. >> can i just -- >> yeah. >> the -- i propose something both of you said. i'm not against experimentation. i'm actually in favor of it; right? my point was simply on an earlier occasion. it's difficult to stabilize it so to take the gay marriage example, i totally agree with you so far that the process worked well ervetion right? but it is also the case that we may not get enough time to run actual experiments because, you know, half the gay rights community understandably runs around with the due process clause in the hip pocket and doesn't go fast enough, then they jump the gun on this; right? you have -- the problem is not totally similar in the marijuana situation, but i agree with you. i mean, i think you need some comparatives, some states that don't go down the road; right? y
the hypocrisy of the world that we live in where we don't trust med sip and science to help us figure out what the answer should be. >> that's to go to a point you made earlier, a process to take years, if not decades to understand ramifications; right? we're at the very beginning of a very long road here. >> can i just -- >> yeah. >> the -- i propose something both of you said. i'm not against experimentation. i'm actually in favor of it; right? my point was simply on...
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science technology innovation all the leagues developments from around russia we've got the future covered. kurdish militants on a turkish border post as a thirteen people dead the soldiers eventually manage to force back their attackers that as the government one insurgent group of reportedly reached a tentative deal indeed on disarmament which make up a conflict has dragged on for three decades there was a really good reports no turkey's meddling in syria my only embolden militants at home. turkey's prime minister may have shot himself in the food by openly supporting the syrian opposition the country's leader may have overlooked the thanked syria's political mayhem may have on turkey especially in the border areas largely populated by kurds some observers believe any turmoil in the region between un corralling damascus will have a devastating effect on to guns country. turkey now involved virtually in a war it's used as a base by the syrian rebels and now to the kurds of march this was perfectly predictable but the dangers here are huge thirty guns reasoning behind his support for the r
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the best book in political science. he is also a key facilitator of a facility studies workshop. he has a great deal of experience in the policy field. the senior fellow, he is a former staff member a mark on the national security council and served six years on the national security advisory panel. most recently, he was part of a task force of experts about a new defense strategy for a new era. and a scholar at the american enterprise institute. he has more than three decades of public service and higher education. he was president of the world bank, dean of the johns hopkins school of international studies and assistant secretary of state for east asia. and long served at the pentagon. the great panel to be joined with. i will pose a question to each one of them to kick off the conversation then turn it over to all of you. the first question i want to pose to mike -- what the heck happened on new year's day and even what does it mean for defense? what do you see playing out in the next weeks moving forward? >> thanks,
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science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. welcome to the kaiser reports i'm max kaiser or what is it good for some say absolutely nothing but from what i see it's a good way to support a bunch of books welfare queens in virginia maryland and d.c. stacey yes max this is come to light recently as there's been all sorts of alleged you know wrangling over the budget in the united states this whole deficit ceiling and how much we need to cut why is the pentagon off the table well if you look at this chart this is department of defense spending and real inflation adjusted dollars as you can see we spend now more than we did during the cold war vietnam and the reagan build up well the pentagon spending is a function of money printing it's a function of money printing because of wanting printing would ordinarily cause massive inflation but dead soldiers equal deflation that's why you have to look at that arlington national cemetery that's america's answer to inflation it's to deflationary forces of genocide and pentagon budget increa
science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. welcome to the kaiser reports i'm max kaiser or what is it good for some say absolutely nothing but from what i see it's a good way to support a bunch of books welfare queens in virginia maryland and d.c. stacey yes max this is come to light recently as there's been all sorts of alleged you know wrangling over the budget in the united states this whole deficit ceiling and how much we need to...
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exact sciences. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you, jim. take care. >> all right. you see where you can go. fiscal cliff, debt ceiling, how about guys like kevin doing amazing things? exact sciences. if this comes true, in other words, the fda gives the permission, you can see how big this can be. i like this story. stay with cramer. so if you have a flat tire, dead battery, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geico's emergency roadside assistance is there 24/7. oh dear, i got a flat tire. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it's good... good for me. what do you think? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. officemax
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing zolpidem, such as ambien. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath or swelling of your tongue or throat may occur and may be fatal. intermezzo should not be taken if you have taken another sleep medicine at bedtime or in the middle of the night or drank alcohol that day. do not drive or operate machinery until at least 4 hours after taking intermezzo and you're fully awake. driving, eating, or engaging in other activities while not fully awake without remembering the event the ne
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science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. it. i live. hold it. hold it. please. please. explain. and over the speed. of her. i wish i. looked. like a missile good luck. just see the monitor and i'm a. little out front i'm a little. because of recent events guns have a become a big issue all over the usa both sides are throwing their talking point ammunition back and forth and we hear a lot of conflicting stories well in australia they got tough on guns and crime went down but then again others say in the u.k. they got rid of all their guns and all hell broke loose i've heard stories that you are way more likely to be killed by a deer in your headlights than get taken out by a maniac with a tech nine but then again i've heard that deaths from guns even deaths from car accidents japan is safe because it has no guns but switzerland is even safer because automatic weapons are all over the place the information is all very contradictory but ultimately it doesn't matter what facts and reports you throw at the other side the gun qu
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science technology innovation all the leaders developments from around russia we've got the future covered. join me on a journey to the heart of the problem to a place is hidden from the tourists you're going to meet some real credible insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . looking. to. move you. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know. welcome to the big picture. ily. ily ily. ily . the only. elite. so far off. when i've done your. drug game coming up. the reeling from columbine to sandy hook. a supermodel with. no proof anti-depressants are a sham. from the age of docs pumped full of. adam lanza pretty much every school shooting in the polls. was on prescription drugs on antidepressants kids ten times more likely to get four live suicides are even more widespread politicians forcing full make good on americans and the mainstream media this approach you pull those pills they told m
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space adventures to the space station has had an in-depth scientific program whether it was material science or biological experiments or whatever it was they have participated they have paid their own way of course they have used themselves as part of the scientific community that many of them have gone to space with less than perfect health and have been great examples of how for example laser. surgery on your eyes as affected by space flight they all want to participate in this they are participating and the fact of the matter is quite honestly when private citizens go to the space station a lot more people hear about the space station than otherwise it's just one of those things that they captures the public's attention part of nasa is mission is to encourage to the maximum extent possible the commercial use of space and in fact showing that there is a market showing that there are people willing to do this and showing that you don't have to be a career military fighter pilot the right stuff kind of person that plays a huge role and i think that's exactly the sort of thing that ends up h
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daphne koller, a computer science professor at stanford, is one of coursera's founders. >> i think by opening up education for free to everyone around the world, they're going to turn education, high-quality education, from a privilege to a basic human right, so that anyone, no matter their social, economic or family circumstances, has access to the best education. >> reporter: those lofty goals-- the experience of teaching thousands of students and the possibility of future profits-- are what got these courses going. professors from top universities are signing up, even though they are not paid by the providers. eventually, universities may share revenues they receive-- when there are revenues-- with the professors. and those star professors have inspired intense student interest in the courses, says coursera's other co-founder, andrew ng. >> most people today will never have access to a princeton, stanford, cal tech class. but now, if you wake up tomorrow morning and you decide you want to take a cal tech class, you can. you can just sign up for one, and it's free. >> reporter: math
daphne koller, a computer science professor at stanford, is one of coursera's founders. >> i think by opening up education for free to everyone around the world, they're going to turn education, high-quality education, from a privilege to a basic human right, so that anyone, no matter their social, economic or family circumstances, has access to the best education. >> reporter: those lofty goals-- the experience of teaching thousands of students and the possibility of future...